diff --git a/src/Bicep.Core.IntegrationTests/ScenarioTests.cs b/src/Bicep.Core.IntegrationTests/ScenarioTests.cs
index dc82de7cec2..df1ec4fa5ba 100644
--- a/src/Bicep.Core.IntegrationTests/ScenarioTests.cs
+++ b/src/Bicep.Core.IntegrationTests/ScenarioTests.cs
@@ -6747,4 +6747,30 @@ param descriptionParam string
             ("BCP265", DiagnosticLevel.Error, "The name \"description\" is not a function. Did you mean \"sys.description\"?"),
         });
     }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void Test_Issue16230()
+    {
+        var result = CompilationHelper.Compile("""
+            resource identity 'Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities@2023-01-31' existing = {
+              name: 'foo'
+
+              resource federation 'federatedIdentityCredentials' = [for i in range(0, 10): {
+                name: 'fed_${i}'
+              }]
+            }
+
+            resource otherIdentity 'Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities@2023-01-31' = {
+              name: 'bar'
+              location: resourceGroup().location
+              dependsOn: [
+                identity::federation
+              ]
+            }
+            """);
+
+        result.Should().NotHaveAnyCompilationBlockingDiagnostics();
+        result.Template.Should().NotBeNull();
+        result.Template.Should().HaveJsonAtPath("$.resources[?(@.name == 'bar')].dependsOn", "[\"identity::federation\"]");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Bicep.Core/Emit/TemplateWriter.cs b/src/Bicep.Core/Emit/TemplateWriter.cs
index 77eb2cd7ac5..afdba68f91b 100644
--- a/src/Bicep.Core/Emit/TemplateWriter.cs
+++ b/src/Bicep.Core/Emit/TemplateWriter.cs
@@ -1565,8 +1565,8 @@ private static void EmitClassicDependsOnEntry(ExpressionEmitter emitter, Resourc
                     if (resource.Symbol.IsCollection && reference.IndexContext?.Index is null)
                     {
                         // dependency is on the entire resource collection
-                        // write the name of the resource collection as the dependency
-                        emitter.EmitExpression(new StringLiteralExpression(null, resource.Symbol.DeclaringResource.Name.IdentifierName));
+                        // write the fully qualified name of the resource collection (this is the name of the copy loop) as the dependency
+                        emitter.EmitSymbolReference(resource);
 
                         break;
                     }